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Academic Search Complete (Ebsco) is a multidisciplinary index giving access to articles in over 8000 journals with many available in full text.
Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale Cengage Learning) is a general database with indexing for journal, magazine and newspaper articles, with many of the articles available full text.
Google Scholar provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
Wilson Select Plus (FirstSearch) is a general database that contains full text articles from popular and scholarly journals and magazines.
Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Business and Education The Directory assists you in selecting those journals that are most likely to publish your manuscript. The index in each Directory helps you match the characteristics of your manuscript to the topic areas the journal emphasizes, the type of review process, acceptance rate and number of internal and external reviewers.
Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) includes bibliographic citations for dissertations and theses world wide from 1861 to the present with full text access available for the newer titles and abstracts available for the older titles.
ERIC (Ebsco) provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. The database contains more than 1,194,000 records and links to more than 100,000 full-text documents from ERIC.
ERIC (IES) is a digital library of education-related resources, including journal and non-journal literature with some available in full text format.
Historical Abstracts (Ebsco) covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. This authoritative database provides selective indexing of historical articles from more than 1,800 journals in over 40 languages back to 1955, and full-text of more than 300 journals and more than 150 books.
Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. The series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership . Coverage begins with Volume 9 to present.
Professional Development Collection (Ebsco) is designed for professional educators and provides full text articles from education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. It is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language.
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NetLibrary is a collection of electronic books (eBooks) especially selected to meet the needs of the university curriculum.
Principal's Research Review Launched in January 2006, Principal's Research Review is designed to save busy school leaders some of the "leg work" associated with researching important topics.
Online Books: Education
ACT Research
Reports from the American College Testing program which changed the name to ACT (pronounced "A - C - T) in the late 1990s. This research includes such topics as test reliability and validity, the meaning of test-score differences, racial/ethnic achievement differences, gender bias, etc. The results are published as ACT Research Reports or Information Briefs. They are available via PDF in full-text formal
State Board for Educator Certification gives teacher certification information for the state of Texas.
U. S. Department of Education offers information on federal education programs for teachers, students, and parents.
National Center for Education Information
includes teacher education and alternative certification information.
The Big 6 Information Literacy Site
Gateway to Educational Materials seeks to organize and make accessible collections of educational materials that are already available on various federal, state, university, nonprofit, and commercial Internet sites.
CEC Lesson Plans include, K-12 Plans created by teachers for use in their classrooms.
Global SchoolNet Foundation partners with schools, communities and businesses to provide collaborative learning activities online.
ETS TestLink is a searchable test collection of over 20,000 tests from the early 1900s to the present.
Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
Study Skills created by the University Counseling Center of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Teacher Certification by State maintained by the University of Kentucky.
MiddleWeb: Exploring Middle School Reform
Organizations
National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) dedicated to the support of elementary and middle-level principals.
National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
National Education Association (NEA) is America's oldest and largest organization committed to advancing the cause of public education.
Texas Association of Secondary School Principals (TASSP)
TIDES
An online effort to provide access to primary resources in East Texas libraries, archives, museums and other cultural institutions which began by concentrating on Texas history and social studies for students in grades 4 and 7. It has since been broadened to include a wider age range for students and teachers that will utilize the site and has many science resources as well.
